How to Paint ANY Character Illustration in 6 Steps (Start to Finish): th-cam.com/video/uaB_9N1gtvA/w-d-xo.html To Colorize a layer in Photoshop you can use the Ctrl + U function, it will open a Hue/Saturation pop up menu, and there will be a tiny button saying 'colorize'! If you'd like to support my content consider checking out my Patreon and its perks: www.patreon.com/ManuMercurial Thanks for being here!
I’m finally getting back into drawing after losing my creativity for several years. This is so helpful - thank you so much for describing how these methods differ between a still image and animation!
As someone who is about to start making a webcomic, I've never been able to figure out how some artists make their comics look so good. I never knew what to look up, in order to find the necessary tutorials either. Your video has saved my life, man. Thank you.
Thank you Katie! I was struggling with what to name the video since this topic applies to so many things, so I went for a broad one. Really happy you were able to find it! Best of luck!!
@@adroitws1367 if you go to hue saturation value (ctrl u) there should be a button to colourise and then you can set it to any colour you want by adjusting the hue
"lighting does not always need to be volumetric" is actually a great tip. i always obsess too much about the lighting being accurate, to the point where ill make the drawing look worse just because "then the shading makes more sense" also honestly i have been using some of these effects, but often the effects (like adding a gradient) end up being way more powerful than the actual shading and the actual shading becomes barely noticable lol. though this usually only happens when i actually render a character, not with cell shading
for suresies! I've found the key with all this is to use it subtly. And the shading tip for non-volumetric shading has saved me a lot of pain in animation haha. Best of luck!
I swear, I was literally doing art studies to figure out my own way to go about this process for my own art. And here you go making this video right when I need it. Thank you for this video!
I've been neck deep in celshading and emulating the animated look for my illustration for years, and still I find new things! The colorization, for example! Can't wait to test it out for my backgrounds! Thanks for all the tips!!!!
This channel is a life saver. I love how he doesn't just go directly to the point, he explains it and why we use it and always go in depth. I always struggled with shading, I am afraid of cell shading looking boring or overly blending it
I appreciate it Mauricio, and yeee, when I discovered the bloom thingie I have to admit I overdid it for a while. Every project in the next 2 months looked like it was filmed in the face of the sun. I think the key to it is to be ultra subtle with it haha, but it brings so much value to the scenes!
OMG this is just what I needed. I wanted to get into animations, and couldn't have found a better tutorial. Thank you Manu! Also, looking forward to see more coloring tutorials.
I genuinely cannot express how thankful I am for this video. I've always struggled with making my art look livelier and how to utilize lighting. But this is so helpful and I'll definitely try this out, you've gained a sub!
I have been doing digital art for over a decade now and some of list are ENTIRELY new to me. I would have never considered them. Thank you so so much for all the work you're doing to share your craft. You are bringing immeasurable value to the art community.
Greetings directly from Brasil Manu. This video was basically something I was looking for my whole life, and I'm sure it will help me a lot to evolve in art. You saved lives here bro 😭😭😭😭
Gotta say, this genuinely opened my mind and I can't wait to apply this, probably on whatever I do for Halloween as suddenly everything I've been wanting to draw seems like the perfect testing grounds. I'll probably re-watch it to pick everything up but this has been a concept I've sorta been struggling with. Thank you a ton!
You are the best... How don't you have already hundreds of thousands of subscribers? I watched a lot of tutorials, but you are the best at making everything understandable trough steps!!! I love your little art secrets!
I was stuck on a piece for ages, and this video just fixed my art block and allowed me to finally make some progress. Thank you for such a great easy-to-follow-along video.
I've been stuck for months trying to figure out how to speed up my shading process-flats didn't have the right impact but volumetric shading takes me almost as long as the sketch+inks+flats combined. I watched this a few days ago and applying these techniques immediately sliced off 90% of my shading time-with better-looking end results, too! Thanks so much!
Coming here and watching that end part where you promote AI as a "base" after all the damage AI has done to the creative industry and to indie creators is an absolute whiplash of a feeling
Holy hell, as a traditional artist thats just moved to digital a few years back, ive been struggling with all the post-process stuff in photoshop. But this will be such a helpful guide. thank you!
Videazo loco. Recientemente terminó un concurso de cómics en webtoon y me di cuenta de que realmente el arte sí importa por más que la gente diga que la historia lo es más, así que he estado interesado en aprender en ese aspecto y este video me cae como anillo al dedo Saludos desde Nicaragua xd
WOW, I think this is actually the best art tutorial video I've EVER seen. This is so relevant to what I'm working on and what I've been slowly figuring out on my onw.
its so rare to find a good video like this.All celshading tuto say the same thing and im very happy to have learn smtg from your video thank you so much
I am literally blown away. My friend sent this in a Discord server a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't get around to watching it until now. This is quite possibly the coolest, most in-depth, most easily explained art tutorial I've ever seen in my life. Time to go charge my pen cause you just inspired me to draw XD
After getting into 3D and learning a lot more about how color and light work for shaders and what not, this is really, really useful. Your processes almost replicates how most shaders work to color things in 3D, mainly your attention to color values and how the math works. I really love it, thank you. This will be invaluable.
Watching this while working on a school project. My first time on the channel and I just subscribed! High production value great insights, I like everything I see here.
@@ManuMercurial of course I've been coming back to this video for days learning how to add these effects to my liking ^^ have a good one, hope you stay around with such good advice and tips
Dude, I just came across your video and this is honestly almost everything I wanted to know. I've seen so many pieces I liked that had this level of detail and effect but I never could wrap my head around how they did it. I've tried studying it but never could wrap my head around it. Thanks so much for making a video like this, especially the playlist as well. This is insanely helpful!
I am a digital artist that has a heavy focus on coloring (it's in my artist name lol) and I really wanted to ramp up Shading and lighting game, so seeing this was one of the more helpful art advice I stumbled upon, muchas gracias hermano!
Dude, i love you. This was so helpful! I always tried to make characters take on more ambient light, but because i did everything manually the end result is always somewhat muddy a bit. This will save me so much time!! Thank you so much!!
That's fantastic to hear Little bop! I've found the greatest success when using these fundamentals subtly! They definitely bring a lot of value to our art
i just noticed how much time and effort i was throwing on the trash can, i was drawing and colloring manualy like we do with collor pencil but that's not a drawing on a paper, it's digital art and o never realized the uses for the tools i had avaliable, it is way easyer than i thought, thankyou, this video opened my mind
Dude, it's a superb quality of video. I cannot believe I'm watching this without spending any dimes (except my electricity and internet's bill, of course!). Thank you very much, man!
Integration is the best thing to ever happen to my art. My characters and backgrounds no longer look flat or unnatural. I plan to master every tip and technique explored in this video, so thank you for sharing your methods with the public!
I'm an intern in local comic studio and struggling with chell shading method. And your video is great. It's really helpful. Thank u for sharing! You're really a good teacher.
To anyone questioning whether the tips work even if you don't know much about drawing or drawing apps, here is my approval as a certified beginner. I never imagined i could make shadows feel natural at my level of skill but here i am XD
I’d just like to say, I followed your tutorial today and made something beautiful. I was confident in my own ability but following your video took the art to a level I really would not have gotten on my own, thank you for that! One day I wanna get into animation so I know for a fact I’m sticking around here for more of your videos ^^ Also one thing. I’m going to use "rescue the eyes" in every art conversation from now on just to sound professional 😎
HAHA, I don't even know if ''rescue the eyes'' was the right term, but it felt correct! Thank you Cosmic Klutz! Hope you keep pushing your style and finding new things, you got this!!
While I don't fully understand what you're explaining in the video, I'm gonna keep watching this over and over until I do Hopefully this can help me with my drawing You also earned a sub
Oh my gosh after that video "Animation Post Production Like a PRO (After Effects Beginner Tutorial)" I found this in the description))))) Yes you are the God of Animation and Post Production friend. thanks for sharing! even though I don't draw or animate at all, but I am starting to watch your videos from start to finish))))
Been an artist for almost 6 years, had training in an animation and yet watching this process makes me look like a pawn again. This said just motivated me that I jave much learn, semi-realism is my forte but this cell-shading style still holds the crown for an appealing look specially that I am persuing animation as a career. Thanks!
manu sos god desde que vi tu webinar compre el clip studio y no paro de mejorar gracias por tanto espero que siga creciendo tu canal por que lo mereces ❤
This is amazing information, you are amazing! i've been trying to learn this and everyone I interact with to try to learn this seems to gatekeep shading like it's a forbidden secret! it's so immensely frustrating. These are important tools that will help me jumpstart my learning process. Thank you so much
This video was extremely helpful. Whenever I shaded I found myself tunnel visioning on separate parts of my character resulting in shading that does not look harmonious with the environment. It comes to show, yet again, that simplification is key to drawing anything.
Thank you so much for this video! Before this, I was so scared to even attempt coloring anything in a cel shaded style, but after following along, I am so so excited to color my drawings! You're a great teacher!
OH my god! You have no idea how useful this is! I've been looking for a tutorial on cell shading and you came like some holy ligh straight from heaven! Thank you SO MUCH you save my drawings 😭
Started studying again😊 started to learn around 2014-2015. But left it after that and now it's already 2023 gosh it's been 8 years😭. I'm really2 glad that there's a lot of learning materials available nowadays! Thnks for making these kind of vids🔥 it's so helpful.
If you area a beginner or even a seasoned creator this video will either get you on the right track or reinforce what you already know. This video is great for post production in 2d animation. This information is FREE and I urge you to listen to what he's saying in the video. Subscribe to the channel if you have to. Some of us had to pay for this kind of information. Do yourself a service and take the time to watch and understand the basics. Good video my guy.
well if you're interested in quickly pumping out the same trash tier digital "art" we've seen for decades now sure i guess but if youre a true artist you should study how to control light and value instead of clicking menus... computers are tools, not media
@@aa-tx7th "computers are tools, not media" Meanwhile here you are using your computer to make an unnecessary comment instead of using it as a "tool" heh...
I’ve heard most of these tips before besides the colorize and bloom effects. I really like those ones I’ll definitely try them out! Thank you for the great video!
FINALLY. I was looking for a way to do this kind of dramatic lighting for my artpieces, and thank you so much. I couldn't find a single video but yours, and you explained so much. Thank you, lol.
I'm bookmarking/saving this video and making it required watching for anyone who asks me about starting out/improving their art. Clear, simple, and above all educational. Thanks for the all the work you put into each of your videos. Always looking forward to the next one.
BEAR! Truly and honor having you watch my video and say that Huuuge fan of your art, you know it!! Thanks for being here! (And if You read this, go sub to Bear!! )
@@ManuMercurial Thanks Manu, it means a lot from you. And thanks for the shoutout, will definitely be studying you to improve my own vids and art. Looking forward to the next one!
I've been an artist for years and this is hands down such a great video. You did a great job keeping it short and to the point while packing it with useful information and stuff that will speed up the way people might work.
Los tips están buenísimos! Me pregunto, podrías hacer un video cambiando la luz y ambientación de un mismo fondo/Bg paint? Cómo estás haciendo constantemente en este video?
Thank you so much for this video. I always wondered how they apply gradients in anime to get that cinematic look. It was so helpful and really fun to try it on my own drawings, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Dude, I appreciate this video a lot I was actually in a weeklong stump on how to shade/highlight my picture and learning how to use multiply layers as well as using a soft add glow helped me a ton, a near night day difference thank you.
Thank you man. Your execution and process throughout the entire video was easily digestible. Your choice of words throughout the video was also artwork. In fact, the entire video is an artwork. I've seen artists add their own flair to their videos, but I can tell your experience as an animator made it much better in making your video.
So happy you noticed the amount of work that goes into it haha. I agree, what I've learnt working in animation does help me in how I try and make these videos, thank you DeathToBoredom! Truly appreciate it!!
Yeee I love it as well! They key with it is to be very subtle. At first I made every piece of mine look like it was filmed in the face of the sun cause I thought it was so cool hahaha but it definitely gives a ton of value you our work!
I know this is an older video, but I hope you see this. Even though I already knew most of what you were teaching in this video (I’m a portrait/comic artist), there were still some new things I learned and it was a nice reminder for the rest. This really helped, thanks.
Thank you Michealgall! This video is like 2 months old, that doesn't feel that old to me HAHA. Truly appreciate your message, glad it could help you a bit! Best of luck on your art journey!!
I love your art tutorials because they’re so informative ❤️ If possible, I’d really like to see some tutorials on these topics: *1)* *Specular Highlights* (How would you do *glossy surfaces?* What color would you pick for these *highlights* in different lighting scenarios? Would you make them totally white, or would you add a hint of another color to them? How can we pick a *color* for *specular highlights* on the color wheel?) *2)* How can we paint *Bounce Light?* *3)* How should we go about painting *Subsurface Scattering?* These are some important Light & Color topics that I really want to learn more about. Thank you 😊
I’m so glad to have found you in my recommended, I learned so much from watching this video thank you so much!! I’ve been trying to get into animation so I’m excited to see more of your work :D
thank you for these tutorials there is so much value in then. I am not an animator and i dont draw i make 3d anime models for my self. this video did help me understand how many things work.
I think you’ve just solved my problem with colors in digital, gotta try it out, but now makes a lot more sense! For some reason with watercolor I never had this problem
How to Paint ANY Character Illustration in 6 Steps (Start to Finish):
th-cam.com/video/uaB_9N1gtvA/w-d-xo.html
To Colorize a layer in Photoshop you can use the Ctrl + U function, it will open a Hue/Saturation pop up menu, and there will be a tiny button saying 'colorize'!
If you'd like to support my content consider checking out my Patreon and its perks:
www.patreon.com/ManuMercurial
Thanks for being here!
hey please release the post production tutorial asap, this video was so helpful.
this helped so much , Thank you truly
this girl eyes is sus🥵🥵🥵🥵😨😨😨😨
what you showed looks crazy bruv. subscribed. I'm a grease pencil hobbyist, and I will def binge all your vids.
I love you man
I’m finally getting back into drawing after losing my creativity for several years. This is so helpful - thank you so much for describing how these methods differ between a still image and animation!
This makes me so happy to hear Ellen! Wish you the best of luck in your journey. Let's get it!
Same here. I hope you're inspired to make some beautiful stuff.
Same. I stopped drawing for 10 years and I am now getting it back up again
Where'd you find it?
good luck!!
As someone who is about to start making a webcomic, I've never been able to figure out how some artists make their comics look so good. I never knew what to look up, in order to find the necessary tutorials either.
Your video has saved my life, man. Thank you.
Thank you Katie! I was struggling with what to name the video since this topic applies to so many things, so I went for a broad one. Really happy you were able to find it! Best of luck!!
@@ManuMercurial Thank you again! And I hope the best of luck for you too, on your future projects and videos! :)
@@ManuMercurial halp, my photoshop didn't have the colorize effect in step 1
@@adroitws1367 if you go to hue saturation value (ctrl u) there should be a button to colourise and then you can set it to any colour you want by adjusting the hue
Good luck on the webcomic! ^^
"lighting does not always need to be volumetric" is actually a great tip. i always obsess too much about the lighting being accurate, to the point where ill make the drawing look worse just because "then the shading makes more sense"
also honestly i have been using some of these effects, but often the effects (like adding a gradient) end up being way more powerful than the actual shading and the actual shading becomes barely noticable lol. though this usually only happens when i actually render a character, not with cell shading
for suresies! I've found the key with all this is to use it subtly. And the shading tip for non-volumetric shading has saved me a lot of pain in animation haha. Best of luck!
I swear, I was literally doing art studies to figure out my own way to go about this process for my own art. And here you go making this video right when I need it. Thank you for this video!
That's awesome Kero! Happy it was helpful!
I've been neck deep in celshading and emulating the animated look for my illustration for years, and still I find new things! The colorization, for example! Can't wait to test it out for my backgrounds! Thanks for all the tips!!!!
Samesies! Its just such a versatile technique. Thank you for checking it out!!
This channel is a life saver. I love how he doesn't just go directly to the point, he explains it and why we use it and always go in depth. I always struggled with shading, I am afraid of cell shading looking boring or overly blending it
"Sometimes color can speak louder than the character themselves."
that hit hard, love it
Very nice as ever :-)To be a good artist is hard but few artists can become a good teacher and you are on this level.
Congratulation.
Hey Harry! Thank you for sticking around, I really appreciate this!
Great video Manu! I love how much can be learnt from watching other artists's processes, I loved the bloom effect part.
I appreciate it Mauricio, and yeee, when I discovered the bloom thingie I have to admit I overdid it for a while. Every project in the next 2 months looked like it was filmed in the face of the sun. I think the key to it is to be ultra subtle with it haha, but it brings so much value to the scenes!
OMG this is just what I needed. I wanted to get into animations, and couldn't have found a better tutorial. Thank you Manu! Also, looking forward to see more coloring tutorials.
More videos coming your way! Thanks for being here!
@@ManuMercurial Can't wait to watch them!
I genuinely cannot express how thankful I am for this video. I've always struggled with making my art look livelier and how to utilize lighting. But this is so helpful and I'll definitely try this out, you've gained a sub!
Welcome aboard!! I wish you the best of luck in your art journey aspholysian. So happy to hear this helped!
The effort spent making this information as digestible as possible is incredible. Thanks for the video.
I have been doing digital art for over a decade now and some of list are ENTIRELY new to me. I would have never considered them. Thank you so so much for all the work you're doing to share your craft. You are bringing immeasurable value to the art community.
I appreciate it Briar Rose 🙇 hope my content can live up to this and keep giving you value. Thanks for watching!
Greetings directly from Brasil Manu. This video was basically something I was looking for my whole life, and I'm sure it will help me a lot to evolve in art. You saved lives here bro 😭😭😭😭
You… YOU HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL!!!!! Thank you. Shading and high light have been something I’ve been struggling with for soooo long.
So glad to hear it was helpful! Let us know how it goes!!
Gotta say, this genuinely opened my mind and I can't wait to apply this, probably on whatever I do for Halloween as suddenly everything I've been wanting to draw seems like the perfect testing grounds. I'll probably re-watch it to pick everything up but this has been a concept I've sorta been struggling with. Thank you a ton!
You are the best... How don't you have already hundreds of thousands of subscribers? I watched a lot of tutorials, but you are the best at making everything understandable trough steps!!! I love your little art secrets!
Hehe thank you Shindu! We keep growing and that's all I can ask for, I really appreciate you sticking around
I was stuck on a piece for ages, and this video just fixed my art block and allowed me to finally make some progress. Thank you for such a great easy-to-follow-along video.
This makes me suuper happy to hear. Best of luck!!
I've been stuck for months trying to figure out how to speed up my shading process-flats didn't have the right impact but volumetric shading takes me almost as long as the sketch+inks+flats combined. I watched this a few days ago and applying these techniques immediately sliced off 90% of my shading time-with better-looking end results, too! Thanks so much!
It makes me truly happy to hear this Ckret2, thank you for taking the time to apply this!
Finally you came back, I thought those ai abominations made you quit art, but thankfully you’re still around to share your talent ☺️
More to come! (I saw your comment haha) Thanks for sticking around!
Coming here and watching that end part where you promote AI as a "base" after all the damage AI has done to the creative industry and to indie creators is an absolute whiplash of a feeling
Ugh tell me about it. It’s disgusting coming back remembering this.
??? where does he say that
never mind just found it
Yeah, it's pretty discouraging. Generative Ai is a damage to the creative industry.
Was searching for a comment mentioning that when I noticed that the train he is drawing his character on was Ai generated :/ Honestly disappointing
Bro the amount of effort put into these videos is astounding, the editing and information given
you deserve it all thanks for this.
Truly appreciate your message Sauzy! Hope to keep it up with my future videos 🙇 thank you!
Holy hell, as a traditional artist thats just moved to digital a few years back, ive been struggling with all the post-process stuff in photoshop. But this will be such a helpful guide. thank you!
So glad to hear!
Videazo loco.
Recientemente terminó un concurso de cómics en webtoon y me di cuenta de que realmente el arte sí importa por más que la gente diga que la historia lo es más, así que he estado interesado en aprender en ese aspecto y este video me cae como anillo al dedo
Saludos desde Nicaragua xd
this is one of the best tutorials i've seen, very comprehensive, short and helpful
Huuge compliment, thank you!! (Also my first compliment from a bunny )
Just demonstrates what it looks like when you have a solid grasp of concepts. Absolutely love this.
i was already doing something like this for my illustrations and had been wondering how to implement it into 2d animation, this is super helpful!
WOW, I think this is actually the best art tutorial video I've EVER seen. This is so relevant to what I'm working on and what I've been slowly figuring out on my onw.
I just want to tell you that you’re literally amazing and your videos have taught me so much. I am so thankful for your content please never stop ❤
its so rare to find a good video like this.All celshading tuto say the same thing and im very happy to have learn smtg from your video thank you so much
I am literally blown away. My friend sent this in a Discord server a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't get around to watching it until now.
This is quite possibly the coolest, most in-depth, most easily explained art tutorial I've ever seen in my life.
Time to go charge my pen cause you just inspired me to draw XD
Ayy let's get it Licorish!! Happy that this got you drawing! truly appreciate your kind words!
After getting into 3D and learning a lot more about how color and light work for shaders and what not, this is really, really useful. Your processes almost replicates how most shaders work to color things in 3D, mainly your attention to color values and how the math works. I really love it, thank you. This will be invaluable.
Honestly your patreon seems very valuable this is the first video I’ve seen by you but honestly I might actually check it out
Watching this while working on a school project. My first time on the channel and I just subscribed! High production value great insights, I like everything I see here.
Welcome aboard Adam! Truly appreciate your message!!
probably one of the greatest color tutorial videos ive ever watched
Thanks for the huge compliment!! 🙇
@@ManuMercurial of course I've been coming back to this video for days learning how to add these effects to my liking ^^ have a good one, hope you stay around with such good advice and tips
Dude, I just came across your video and this is honestly almost everything I wanted to know.
I've seen so many pieces I liked that had this level of detail and effect but I never could wrap my head around how they did it. I've tried studying it but never could wrap my head around it.
Thanks so much for making a video like this, especially the playlist as well. This is insanely helpful!
Cheers Knox! Super happy it was helpful!
This. Changes. EVERYTHING!
I am a digital artist that has a heavy focus on coloring (it's in my artist name lol) and I really wanted to ramp up Shading and lighting game, so seeing this was one of the more helpful art advice I stumbled upon, muchas gracias hermano!
Con gusto Ale! Me alegra que le sacaras provecho al video. La mejor de las suertes con tu proyecto!!
Dude, i love you. This was so helpful! I always tried to make characters take on more ambient light, but because i did everything manually the end result is always somewhat muddy a bit. This will save me so much time!! Thank you so much!!
That's fantastic to hear Little bop! I've found the greatest success when using these fundamentals subtly! They definitely bring a lot of value to our art
Thank you so much for this, as a comic artist, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain all of this in such a clear way.
Glad it was helpful! Thank YOU for taking the time to watch it!
i just noticed how much time and effort i was throwing on the trash can, i was drawing and colloring manualy like we do with collor pencil but that's not a drawing on a paper, it's digital art and o never realized the uses for the tools i had avaliable, it is way easyer than i thought, thankyou, this video opened my mind
Dude, it's a superb quality of video. I cannot believe I'm watching this without spending any dimes (except my electricity and internet's bill, of course!). Thank you very much, man!
Thank YOU for taking the time to watch it!
Finally someone who understands and explains perfectly!!!! I can’t wait to go home and watch this again while a practice!
Integration is the best thing to ever happen to my art. My characters and backgrounds no longer look flat or unnatural. I plan to master every tip and technique explored in this video, so thank you for sharing your methods with the public!
would love to do this step but dunno how to do it in procreate :/
I'm an intern in local comic studio and struggling with chell shading method. And your video is great. It's really helpful. Thank u for sharing! You're really a good teacher.
Hi Riski Amalia, YOU GOT THIS!! 💪
To anyone questioning whether the tips work even if you don't know much about drawing or drawing apps, here is my approval as a certified beginner. I never imagined i could make shadows feel natural at my level of skill but here i am XD
Thanks for sharing your experience! Truly makes me happy that it worked for you!
Holy mackerel! This is easily the most visual way to cel-shade! I'll try this cel-shading pipeline in my next pieces and webcomics.
Wish you the best of luck with your webcomic Zephyr! Let's get it!
I’d just like to say, I followed your tutorial today and made something beautiful. I was confident in my own ability but following your video took the art to a level I really would not have gotten on my own, thank you for that! One day I wanna get into animation so I know for a fact I’m sticking around here for more of your videos ^^
Also one thing. I’m going to use "rescue the eyes" in every art conversation from now on just to sound professional 😎
HAHA, I don't even know if ''rescue the eyes'' was the right term, but it felt correct! Thank you Cosmic Klutz! Hope you keep pushing your style and finding new things, you got this!!
I’m starting a web comic, this was extra good info, subbed your Chanel is great thanks!
Welcome aboard Esteban! Best of luck with your web comic!
While I don't fully understand what you're explaining in the video, I'm gonna keep watching this over and over until I do
Hopefully this can help me with my drawing
You also earned a sub
Oh my gosh after that video "Animation Post Production Like a PRO (After Effects Beginner Tutorial)" I found this in the description))))) Yes you are the God of Animation and Post Production friend. thanks for sharing! even though I don't draw or animate at all, but I am starting to watch your videos from start to finish))))
and happy to see you here as well haha, thanks!
Been an artist for almost 6 years, had training in an animation and yet watching this process makes me look like a pawn again. This said just motivated me that I jave much learn, semi-realism is my forte but this cell-shading style still holds the crown for an appealing look specially that I am persuing animation as a career. Thanks!
you saved my live,finally a good cel shading tutorial, man i loved it, you are great doing this stuff
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it! Super glad you enjoyed it!
As a traditional artist, even learning digital art techniques helps. Appreciate the video!
I got to hand it to you man, this video just made my art skills go Super Saiyan. incredible video
That's all you!! LET'S GET IT!
manu sos god desde que vi tu webinar compre el clip studio y no paro de mejorar gracias por tanto espero que siga creciendo tu canal por que lo mereces ❤
Lerri, gracias por tan lindo comentario 🙇 Ojalá pueda hacer honor a esto y que mi contenido sea útil y entretenido para todos!
This just makes me love cel shading even more.
I'm beginning my webtoon series soon and I'm currently working on character designs. I can't even tell you how many times your channel has helped
Thank YOU for taking the time to watch my videos, you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear this!
This is amazing information, you are amazing! i've been trying to learn this and everyone I interact with to try to learn this seems to gatekeep shading like it's a forbidden secret! it's so immensely frustrating. These are important tools that will help me jumpstart my learning process. Thank you so much
This video was extremely helpful. Whenever I shaded I found myself tunnel visioning on separate parts of my character resulting in shading that does not look harmonious with the environment. It comes to show, yet again, that simplification is key to drawing anything.
Really happy to hear it was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to watch it!!
@@ManuMercurial No prob, thanks for uploading it! 🤘
Thank you so much for this video! Before this, I was so scared to even attempt coloring anything in a cel shaded style, but after following along, I am so so excited to color my drawings! You're a great teacher!
Thank you for your kind words Vivien so glad this was helpful. Best of luck!!
@@ManuMercurial Thank you Manu!
This is one of the most useful tutorials I've ever saw
I’m learning SO MUCH from your videos, it’s insane!! Great work!! 👏👏👏
OH my god! You have no idea how useful this is! I've been looking for a tutorial on cell shading and you came like some holy ligh straight from heaven! Thank you SO MUCH you save my drawings 😭
Hehe super happy to hear, with you the best of luck! thanks for watching!
One of the most useful videos on TH-cam
Thank you for the big compliment!!
Started studying again😊 started to learn around 2014-2015. But left it after that and now it's already 2023 gosh it's been 8 years😭. I'm really2 glad that there's a lot of learning materials available nowadays! Thnks for making these kind of vids🔥 it's so helpful.
Welcome back to the grind! Thanks for taking the time to watch them, wish you the best of luck!!
I have no words to say HOW GOOD THIS VIDEO IS!
I didn't FULLY get this, but I did get enough that I'm sure I will be able to substantially better my work. Thank you very much!
i've been trying to find ways to make my shading/hightlights more interesting, this video is a blessing omg
If you area a beginner or even a seasoned creator this video will either get you on the right track or reinforce what you already know. This video is great for post production in 2d animation. This information is FREE and I urge you to listen to what he's saying in the video. Subscribe to the channel if you have to. Some of us had to pay for this kind of information. Do yourself a service and take the time to watch and understand the basics. Good video my guy.
Thank you Francis, really appreciate it! 🙇
well if you're interested in quickly pumping out the same trash tier digital "art" we've seen for decades now sure i guess
but if youre a true artist you should study how to control light and value instead of clicking menus...
computers are tools, not media
@@aa-tx7th "computers are tools, not media"
Meanwhile here you are using your computer to make an unnecessary comment instead of using it as a "tool" heh...
I’ve heard most of these tips before besides the colorize and bloom effects. I really like those ones I’ll definitely try them out! Thank you for the great video!
Ay best of luck! Let us know how it goes!!
FINALLY.
I was looking for a way to do this kind of dramatic lighting for my artpieces, and thank you so much.
I couldn't find a single video but yours, and you explained so much.
Thank you, lol.
Happy to hear this! Best of luck with your pieces!!
This was such a well made and concise video! I've been cel shading for years, but learned a couple secrets here :)
Thank you Micah! Really appreciate it, and I hope you can keep pushing your style! Let's get it!!
I saw many tutorials on how to do lighting but yours is the one that helped me the most, thank you
Happy to hear La Umbry! Thanks for being here!
DUDE! There’s this guy on WEBTOON who does AMAZING shading. And I’ve always wanted to learn how to do what he does. And now I know how!
Thanks! Lol-
I’m so happy I found this channel!
Finally! I've been struggling with doing shading and lighting efficiently for a long while. Thank you!
I'm bookmarking/saving this video and making it required watching for anyone who asks me about starting out/improving their art. Clear, simple, and above all educational. Thanks for the all the work you put into each of your videos. Always looking forward to the next one.
BEAR! Truly and honor having you watch my video and say that Huuuge fan of your art, you know it!! Thanks for being here!
(And if You read this, go sub to Bear!! )
@@ManuMercurial Thanks Manu, it means a lot from you. And thanks for the shoutout, will definitely be studying you to improve my own vids and art. Looking forward to the next one!
I've been an artist for years and this is hands down such a great video. You did a great job keeping it short and to the point while packing it with useful information and stuff that will speed up the way people might work.
Glad you noticed all the work that went into it Starlit Castle, I appreciate your message!!
Manuuu! Recuerdo descubrirte por la charla que diste junto a clip studio hace unos años! Agradezco al algoritmo por descubrir tu canal jaja
Los tips están buenísimos! Me pregunto, podrías hacer un video cambiando la luz y ambientación de un mismo fondo/Bg paint? Cómo estás haciendo constantemente en este video?
Bienvenido de vuelta Pablo!
Thank you so much for this video. I always wondered how they apply gradients in anime to get that cinematic look. It was so helpful and really fun to try it on my own drawings, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thankyou! with this i can do more than just normal Cel Shading!
Dude, I appreciate this video a lot I was actually in a weeklong stump on how to shade/highlight my picture and learning how to use multiply layers as well as using a soft add glow helped me a ton, a near night day difference thank you.
Hell yee Zane, truly makes me happy to hear this! I wish you the best of luck with your projects!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL- I have been trying to find easy but quality shading techniques EVRYWHERE and this video was PERFECT!! :DDD
oh man no way you're showing this for free! i love you, you earned a sub
Welcome aboard fastn't boi! Glad it was helpful!!
Love this video! It really helped me. None of the videos I watched explained this clearly. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for taking the time to watch it!
@@ManuMercurial No problem! :)
Thank you man. Your execution and process throughout the entire video was easily digestible. Your choice of words throughout the video was also artwork. In fact, the entire video is an artwork. I've seen artists add their own flair to their videos, but I can tell your experience as an animator made it much better in making your video.
So happy you noticed the amount of work that goes into it haha. I agree, what I've learnt working in animation does help me in how I try and make these videos, thank you DeathToBoredom! Truly appreciate it!!
Next time I'm gonna try that bloom effect in my illustrations/animations, that's such a nice touch!
Yeee I love it as well! They key with it is to be very subtle. At first I made every piece of mine look like it was filmed in the face of the sun cause I thought it was so cool hahaha but it definitely gives a ton of value you our work!
Alright this is mind blowing. I cant believe how much i learned and especially how much i still didnt understand. Incredible video.
you could charge THOUSANDS for this master class you just put out here!!
You think? My goal is to fill this channel with all my knowledge, even if its not much. But it will always be 100% free
@@ManuMercurial for moments like this, I see the humanity still have hope
Just found your channel for the first time, your character is really nice
thank you!
I know this is an older video, but I hope you see this. Even though I already knew most of what you were teaching in this video (I’m a portrait/comic artist), there were still some new things I learned and it was a nice reminder for the rest. This really helped, thanks.
Thank you Michealgall! This video is like 2 months old, that doesn't feel that old to me HAHA. Truly appreciate your message, glad it could help you a bit! Best of luck on your art journey!!
i learned so many tricks in this video even on software that is not the same as the one you're using, amazing.
I love your art tutorials because they’re so informative ❤️
If possible, I’d really like to see some tutorials on these topics:
*1)* *Specular Highlights*
(How would you do *glossy surfaces?* What color would you pick for these *highlights* in different lighting scenarios? Would you make them totally white, or would you add a hint of another color to them? How can we pick a *color* for *specular highlights* on the color wheel?)
*2)* How can we paint *Bounce Light?*
*3)* How should we go about painting *Subsurface Scattering?*
These are some important Light & Color topics that I really want to learn more about.
Thank you 😊
I’m so glad to have found you in my recommended, I learned so much from watching this video thank you so much!! I’ve been trying to get into animation so I’m excited to see more of your work :D
Thanks for checking it out! More content on the way!!
thank you for these tutorials there is so much value in then. I am not an animator and i dont draw i make 3d anime models for my self. this video did help me understand how many things work.
YO! This is a game changer to my animations. No cap, I'm gonna apply this immediately. Thanks for the great content! Keep going, my boi! 💯🫂
💪💪💪 Best of luck with your animations!!
I'm so grateful that TH-cam suggested me this video. It's so helpful, thanks a lot
I think you’ve just solved my problem with colors in digital, gotta try it out, but now makes a lot more sense! For some reason with watercolor I never had this problem